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Vegetable-Cutter.

No. 225,114. PafentedMar. 2, I880.

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;N,PETER8. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D Q A UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

JOHN DE FRAIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB TO HIM- SELF ANDDANIEL J. CHAPMAN, OF SAME PLACE.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,114, dated March 2,1880.

Application filed January 6, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DE FRAIN, of Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Vegetable- Outters, of which the following is aspecification.

Figure lis a plan view of theimprovement. Fig. 2 is a sectional sideelevation taken through the line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional endelevation taken through the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish vegetable-cutters soconstructed that they may be adjusted to cut the vegetables into slicesor strips of any desired thickness.

The invention consists in constructing a block and bridge and combiningthem with a screw, to hold the vertical knives, as-hereinafterdescribed.

A is a box, which is open at the top and forward end, and to the upperedges of its sides are secured the side bars of a frame, B. Upon themiddle part of the frame B is formed, or to it is attached, a box, 0, toserve as a hopper to receive the vegetables to be out. The vegetablesrest upon a slide, D, the sides of which enter rabbets in the lowersides of the side bars of the frameB, and rest and slide upon the upperedges of the sides of the box A, which edges may be faced with metal toprevent wear. The middle part of the for ward half of the slide D is cutaway, and is replacedby a base-plate, E, which has lugs F formed upon orattached to its forward corners, to rest in recesses in the slide D. Therear end of the plate E rests upon the end of a hand-screw, G, whichpasses up through a screw-hole in the bridge H, attached at its ends tothe side parts of the lower side of the slide D, so that the rear end ofthe plate E may be raised and lowered, to regulate the thickness of theslices, by turning the screw Gr.

To the slide D, directly over the rear end of the plate E, is attachedthe knife I, by which the vegetables are sliced. The upper side of therear end of the plate E and the lower side of the forward end of thesolid middle part of the slide D are beveled, as shown in Fig. 2, sothat the slices can pass out freely.

J is a block or holder provided with a set of parallelupwardly-projecting knives, K. The holder J is made hollow, and theknives K are secured in place by soft metal poured into the cavity ofthe holder J around the knives K. The holderJ is placed against theforward side of the bridge H, and is guided into position by a lug, L,formed upon its lower side, which lug enters the notch of a lug, M,formed upon the lower side of the bridge H.

The holder J is secured in place by a handscrew, N, which passes througha screw-hole in a lug formed upon a cross-bar or bridge, 0, attached atits ends to the slide D. The knives K pass through slots in theadjustable plate E, and project so that their upper ends may be aboutupon a level with the knife I.

P is a plate, the side edges of which are inserted in grooves Q in theinner surfaces of the forward part of the sides of the hopper O. Theplate P is designed for the edge of the knife I to strike against, andis made of wood, or of metal faced with wood, so that it will not dullthe edge of the said knife I. The lower end of the stop-plate P isslotted, so that the projecting ends of the knives K can pass throughit.

With this construction the vegetables to be out are laid upon the slideD and the-said slide is moved forward and back, the knife I at eachforward movement of the slide D cutting off a slice, and the knives Kcutting it into strips. When the vegetables are to be cut into slicesthe holder J and the knives K are detached.

Upon the rear part of the slide D is formed, or to it is attached, alug, pin, or other stop, R, to strike against the rear side of thehopper 0 and prevent the knife I from cutting the plate P. To theforward end of the slide D is attached a stop, S, to prevent the slide Dfrom being drawn out, of place when being used. The stop S isdetachable, so that the slide D canbe withdrawn when desired.

When'cutting cabbage or other light or loose substances, the substancemay be held down bya follower or weight-box, T, placed in as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patthe hopper O and resting upon the saidsubent-- I stance. A hollow block, J, having lug L, and a 15 Theweight-box Tmaybe removed from the bridge, H, having notched lug M,combined 5 hopper C When not required for use. with a bridge, 0, andscrew N, to hold the ver- In the sides of the hopper O is formed anticalknives of a vegetable-cutter, as shown other set of grooves, V, toreceive the stopand described. plate P when slicing cucumbers or beets,car- T rots, or other long roots, to hold the cucum- JOHN DE FEAR" :0bers or roots upright, so that the slices will be Witnesses:

cut from their ends. JOHN F. POLE,

Having thus described my invention, I claim WM. 0. WIMER.

